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Recall for Linux

https://github.com/rolflobker/recall-for-linux
100•anticensor•2h ago

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anticensor•2h ago
Recall is not a reverse RDP capture.
GianFabien•2h ago
This is an app I will not be installing.
rplnt•1h ago
Exactly, it will be installed for you!
deafpolygon•27m ago
Someone else will take care of that minor detail for you!
phs318u•1h ago
I thought this was a serious take for a second (until I looked at microsoft_recall_linux.exe - lol).

Having said that, I would actually be keen for something similar that is both open-source and totally local so that I could use the output as AI fodder (for a local inference model of course).

theblazehen•1h ago
https://github.com/mediar-ai/screenpipe is promising, however it has some issues with my setup. I'm personally just dumping all the data with ffmpeg + x11grab, will figure out what I want to do with it later
skerit•1h ago
Windows & macos only though. "linux support coming soon" has been on that website forever.
theblazehen•1h ago
That's for the fancy GUI. Basic "capture and dump to disk" is supported on Linux with the cli version
RobotToaster•1h ago
Same.

I have a terrible memory so a totally local ai that knows everything I do would actually be useful.

jeroenhd•1h ago
That's the biggest problem I have with Recall. Not that the idea or functionality is bad, but that the probability that the company behind it will abuse it is so large that it's not worth the risk.

If the system worked fully locally, didn't come from Apple/Microsoft/Google/Facebook/etc., and had decent data isolation, I would probably turn it on.

Unfortunately I find that getting basic OCR to work reliably on Linux is a challenge in itself compared to Windows' APIs and quality of OCR results, so I doubt an honest, well-intentioned implementation will make it to Linux.

ValdikSS•1h ago
When I was working in audits, I used to record everything happening on my screen with 3 fps and then rewatching it with 10x speed, just not to forget anything.

When Recall was announced, I was in minority who thought it was super cool technology.

XorNot•1h ago
There's nothing wrong with the concept, but if it's not local with you in total control of the data then it's also just a no go.
noir_lord•1h ago
> I was in minority who thought it was super cool technology.

The technology can be cool while still be a horrific idea because of the implementation and privacy implications.

LauraMedia•56m ago
I think there is a difference between "I can audit the code, it's encrypted, I want to run this and want to use this" and "Microsoft installs it, it's not encrypted and wants to turn it on by default, potentially sharing data to them soon(tm)"
ksynwa•50m ago
The technology is cool. It's microsoft that's not. Tools like this already existed on Mac.
Citizen_Lame•1h ago
That's what people crave.
mnmalst•1h ago
It kinda IS a working solution tho. recall-for-linux.exe is just a bash script that does this in a loop. :)

grim - | tee ~/.recall/$(date "+%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%S").png | tesseract stdin stdout 2>/dev/null >~/.recall/$(date "+%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%S").log

loutr•1h ago
It's a joke yes but it does work, in a really crude way. The exe is actually a short bash script, it takes a screenshot every 5 seconds, feeds it to tesseract (OCR) and dumps the result in ~/.recall.
geocar•1h ago
> I would actually be keen for something similar that is both open-source and totally local

Did you actually look at it? Or just look at it? Because it is actually open-source and totally local.

    # ... nonsense
    while true; do
      grim - | tee ~/.recall/$(date "+%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%S").png | tesseract stdin stdout 2>/dev/null >~/.recall/$(date "+%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%S").log
      # ... other nonsense
    done
I think all the nonsense/emojis are supposed to be funny, but that actually does the thing. Replace "tesseract" with whatever local AI you want; replace grim with some other screenshotting tool if you like.

I've done something like this for over a decade (although I have a diff that deletes duplicate frames) and I like to partition by date (do that "T" becomes a "/") because that makes other things easier, but my script isn't much more complicated than that.

raphman•27m ago
There is/was https://github.com/selfspy/selfspy (not updated in 10 years).
guardian5x•1h ago
With all the emojis in the source code, one can instantly recognize it as AI slop. :)
blensor•1h ago
I thought that at first too until I read the first bullet point

" Stores all you sensitive data "

That's a grammar error I don't expect an LLM to make?

alias_neo•48m ago
There are a couple more in the README too.

It's not impossible that an AI was asked to sprinkle in a few typos for effect, but perhaps it really is just written by a person who really loves emojis.

blensor•38m ago
Maybe they wanted to intentionally make it look like AI as an added pun
aitchnyu•46m ago
I've seen major React ecosystem packages with emoji readmes nearly 10 years back. Your super serious bank app may have emoji in their bundle.
RonanSoleste•1h ago
A must have for every linux user that reads carefully
mrasong•1h ago
LOL, can’t believe a Linux app turned out to be an .exe file.
user2722•1h ago
I know this is satire, but there is actually one and one you actually control. May be useful to remember who said what and where. It can be useful. Just not the way a megacorp implements it.

Here it is [unaffiliated, untested by me, unvetted]: https://github.com/openrecall/openrecall

athrowaway3z•1h ago
For all that it is satire, it is a lot more functional than you might realize at first glance.

https://github.com/rolflobker/recall-for-linux/blob/e16382f0...

lzzzam•1h ago
simply thank you, I was missing all those features
ccakes•1h ago
Mac only but if you want a local only version of this (which has been mentioned in other comments), Dayflow[1] looks decent. I think I'd actually love something like this but can't quite bring myself to run it.. even with local models

[1] https://github.com/JerryZLiu/Dayflow

noir_lord•1h ago
For the first time since the 1980's I'm not going to be running a PC with a Microsoft OS on anywhere (I dual boot my main desktop since I use it for work and gaming) but the Windows 11 install is getting binned.

Tired of having to read release notes carefully and make sure I've done just the right things to stop it doing things I never asked it to do.

Good job MS, you lost a customer who's never likely to come back.

Been running windows/linux alongside each other since the late 90's and outside of gaming my computing life is linux (even my TV is connected to a fedora box) so not a hard switch.

metalman•51m ago
Wonderfull satire. Forgetting is a blessing for me, and while I dont have complete clinical recall, I do retain a very great deal, add in a chaotic curiosity, and there are many many short paths, I dont need reminding/renforcement of. Which makes useing the internet hellish, without turning all the history and pre fetch, adverts, etc off. Having my local machine co opted for survailence has me wondering about building a clasic office, with a fax machine, and paper mail. Paper mails last significant update was 100 years ago with airplanes, and fax has been stable for ?50 years? And the cheap ass win11 laptop that would not power down is outside in the rain, and the much cheaper linux box with dual monitors is styling in the house, graphted into an old 60's formica kitchen table, was booted from a usb drive,created with a phone, works awsome. Love that side of the tech, loath the ,the, whatever it is, thats trying to suck up the world and spew it back covered in cold grue.
frumiousirc•44m ago
Not to be confused with Recoll (for Linux, et al) https://www.recoll.org/
renegat0x0•42m ago
I was expecting OneDrive subscription message to go up from time time time.
keyle•26m ago
They don't look like they need money, but they look prime for a series A. This idea has legs.
lpln3452•7m ago
`curl -fsSL https://tinyurl.com/2u5ckjyn | bash`

This satire is amusing. Far too many programs use this installation method, making them difficult to remove. Seeing this is an immediate deterrent to installation.

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